How to remove the Babylon toolbar, home page and search engine

Babylon translation software adds a toolbar and other add-ons to browsers. It also changes Firefox preferences such as your home page and search engine. These changes are done in a way that can be difficult to detect and reverse. This article explains how to fully remove Babylon and reset the Firefox options back to normal.

Note: This article only applies to Windows and Mac OS X. To see instructions, choose Windows or Mac OS X from the dropdown menu above.

The Firefox reset feature will remove the Babylon toolbar from Firefox and reset the preferences it has changed. It will also preserve your personal data but it will restore everything else to their default settings.

If you're unable to access the Help menu, type about:support in your address bar to bring up the Troubleshooting Information page.

Click the Refresh Firefox button in the upper-right corner of the Troubleshooting Information page.

To continue, click Refresh Firefox in the confirmation window that opens.

Firefox will close to refresh itself. When finished, a window will list your imported information. Click Finish and Firefox will open.

Note: There's also a Refresh Firefox button in the Firefox Safe Mode window, if you can't start Firefox normally. If you are unable to find the Refresh Firefox button on your version of Firefox, you can also do a manual refresh by creating a new profile. See instructions on how to create a new profile.

Babylon will now be fully removed from Firefox. The steps below will help you remove other traces of it from your computer.

The Firefox Refresh feature will remove the Babylon toolbar from Firefox and reset the preferences it has changed. It will also preserve your personal data but it will restore everything else to their default settings.

Click the menu button
and then click help
.

From the Help menu choose Troubleshooting Information.

If you're unable to access the Help menu, type about:support in your address bar to bring up the Troubleshooting Information page.

Click the Refresh Firefox button in the upper-right corner of the Troubleshooting Information page.

To continue, click Refresh Firefox in the confirmation window that opens.

Firefox will close to refresh itself. When finished, a window will list your imported information. Click Finish and Firefox will open.

Note: There's also a Refresh Firefox button in the Firefox Safe Mode window, if you can't start Firefox normally. If you are unable to find the Refresh Firefox button on your version of Firefox, you can also do a manual refresh by creating a new profile. See instructions on how to create a new profile.

Babylon will now be fully removed from Firefox. The steps below will help you remove other traces of it from your computer.
Learn more about the Refresh feature in the Refresh Firefox - reset add-ons and settings article.

3. Remove add-ons from your other browsers

If you're also using other browsers, you might want to reset them or remove the Babylon-related add-ons too. The following articles link to external support websites: